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CHAPTER 905 Session Laws—1979
submit to an audit by the office of the State Auditor for the fiscal year in which
such funds were received.
(c) Every nonprofit corporation or organization which has an audit
performed pursuant to this section shall file a copy of the audit report with the
office of the State Auditor.
(d) The provisions of this section shall not apply to sheltered workshops or to
Adult Development Activity Programs or to private residential facilities for the
mentally retarded and developmentally disabled or to Developmental Day Care
Centers or to any nonprofit corporation or organization whose sole use of public
funds is to provide hospital services or operate as a volunteer fire department,
rescue squad, ambulance squad, or which operates as a junior college, college or
university duly accredited by the southern regional accrediting association."
Sec. 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 1979.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 8th day of
June, 1979.
S. B. 840 CHAPTER 906
AN ACT TO ADOPT GRANITE AS THE OFFICIAL ROCK FOR THE
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA.
Whereas, the State of North Carolina has been blessed with an abundant
source of the noble rock, granite; and
Whereas, the granite quarry located in Mount Airy in Surry County is the
largest open face granite quarry in the world measuring a mile long and 1,800
feet in width; and
Whereas, the granite from the Mount Airy quarry is unblemished,
gleaming and without interfering seams to mar its splendor; and
Whereas, the high quality of North Carolina granite allows its widespread
use as a building material, and for industrial purposes as well as providing super
smooth laboratory plates; and
Whereas, North Carolina granite has been used for magnificent
government edifices throughout the United States such as the Wright Brothers
Memorial at Kitty Hawk, the gold depository at Fort Knox, the Arlington
Memorial Bridge and numerous courthouses throughout the land; and
Whereas, granite is a symbol of strength and steadfastness, qualities
characteristic of North Carolinians; and
Whereas, it is fitting and just that the State of North Carolina recognize
the contribution of granite in providing employment to its citizens and
enhancing the beauty of its public buildings, and so that this noble rock should
not be taken for granted; Now, therefore,
The General Assembly ofNorth Carolina enacts:
Section 1. G.S. 145 is amended by adding a new section to read as
follows:
"§ 145-10. State rock.—Granite is adopted as the official State rock of the
State of North Carolina."
Sec. 2. G.S. 145 is further amended by rewriting the caption of the
Chapter to read:
"State Flower, Bird, Tree, Shell, Mammal, Fish, Insect, Stone, Reptile and
Rock."
Sec. 3. This act is effective upon ratification.
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CHAPTER 905 Session Laws—1979
submit to an audit by the office of the State Auditor for the fiscal year in which
such funds were received.
(c) Every nonprofit corporation or organization which has an audit
performed pursuant to this section shall file a copy of the audit report with the
office of the State Auditor.
(d) The provisions of this section shall not apply to sheltered workshops or to
Adult Development Activity Programs or to private residential facilities for the
mentally retarded and developmentally disabled or to Developmental Day Care
Centers or to any nonprofit corporation or organization whose sole use of public
funds is to provide hospital services or operate as a volunteer fire department,
rescue squad, ambulance squad, or which operates as a junior college, college or
university duly accredited by the southern regional accrediting association."
Sec. 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 1979.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 8th day of
June, 1979.
S. B. 840 CHAPTER 906
AN ACT TO ADOPT GRANITE AS THE OFFICIAL ROCK FOR THE
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA.
Whereas, the State of North Carolina has been blessed with an abundant
source of the noble rock, granite; and
Whereas, the granite quarry located in Mount Airy in Surry County is the
largest open face granite quarry in the world measuring a mile long and 1,800
feet in width; and
Whereas, the granite from the Mount Airy quarry is unblemished,
gleaming and without interfering seams to mar its splendor; and
Whereas, the high quality of North Carolina granite allows its widespread
use as a building material, and for industrial purposes as well as providing super
smooth laboratory plates; and
Whereas, North Carolina granite has been used for magnificent
government edifices throughout the United States such as the Wright Brothers
Memorial at Kitty Hawk, the gold depository at Fort Knox, the Arlington
Memorial Bridge and numerous courthouses throughout the land; and
Whereas, granite is a symbol of strength and steadfastness, qualities
characteristic of North Carolinians; and
Whereas, it is fitting and just that the State of North Carolina recognize
the contribution of granite in providing employment to its citizens and
enhancing the beauty of its public buildings, and so that this noble rock should
not be taken for granted; Now, therefore,
The General Assembly ofNorth Carolina enacts:
Section 1. G.S. 145 is amended by adding a new section to read as
follows:
"§ 145-10. State rock.—Granite is adopted as the official State rock of the
State of North Carolina."
Sec. 2. G.S. 145 is further amended by rewriting the caption of the
Chapter to read:
"State Flower, Bird, Tree, Shell, Mammal, Fish, Insect, Stone, Reptile and
Rock."
Sec. 3. This act is effective upon ratification.
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